Come in, do sit down, warm your hands by the fire, there is a woolen shroud across your seat, if you feel a chill. I shall pour you some tea. Would you care for a piping hot pumpkin muffin as well? I find the ginger eases the throat and sets a nice blaze to the innards as well. Please ignore the toddlers that keep rushing through - just my brothers on another burglar hunt - you'd think the last ones would've warned their guild of the perilous fiends lurking within Château De Mort, how careless of them. One lump or two? Yes, I take mine the same.

Well, it has certainly been a dreadfully cold December here in Cali. I have found it near impossible to keep from turning icicle stick outdoors, what with the dratted fog and biting wind. I dare say I've caught the slightest sniffle from all the excitement down at the DMV this Saturday past. Did you not attend? Oh, don't trouble yourself, it actually turned out to be quite the tedious affair. Anyway, how has your health been this frigid season, my good friend?

Honest answers here, please